Metrics of positive Ricci curvature on quotient spaces

DOI10.1007/S00208-004-0538-XMaRDI QIDQ1882602zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lorenz Schwachhöfer, Wilderich Tuschmann

Publication date 1 October 2004

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0303092

zbMATH Keywords

positive Ricci curvaturenonnegative Ricci curvaturebiquotientscohomogeneity one manifoldsalmost nonnegative sectional curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21)

Abstract: We show that any closed biquotient with finite fundamental group admits metrics of positive Ricci curvature. Also, let M be a closed manifold on which a compact Lie group G acts with cohomogeneity one, and let L be a closed subgroup of G which acts freely on M. We show that the quotient N := M/L carries metrics of nonnegative Ricci and almost nonnegative sectional curvature. Moreover, if N has finite fundamental group, then N admits also metrics of positive Ricci curvature. Particular examples include infinite families of simply connected manifolds with the rational cohomology rings and integral homology of complex and quaternionic projective spaces.

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